Calcium Carbide

Calcium carbide (CaC2) is manufactured by mixture of lime and carbon in electric furnace.

The company has enhanced its manufacturing capacity of Calcium carbide from 66,500 TPA to 1, 08,500 TPA by commissioning its state of the art 30 MVA electric furnace in July 2005. The company utilises its Calcium carbide captively for the manufacture of PVC resins and also sells in the market to the various industrial users.

The in-house manufacture of Calcium carbide allows the company to maintain a swing capability between the key products, Calcium carbide and PVC resin.

The demand growth in Calcium carbide is driven by segments like DS compounds due to shift to high purity steel production with increase in production of steel across the country. The other users are DA gas and Tri- Chloro ethylene.

Our Key Competitive strengths in this industry are:

• Strong Brand image of Shriram Calcium carbide.
• Competitive cost structure based on Captive coal based power.
• Location advantage in sourcing good raw materials like lime and charcoal.